Patents by Inventor Melvin A. Stoltzfus

Melvin A. Stoltzfus has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 9769988
    Abstract: A landscaping border segment includes about two dozen rigid unit pieces arranged in a series and held together with top end base elastic joining members. Male and female connection features are mounted at opposite ends of the landscaping border segment. A plurality of ground penetrating stakes extend away from a ground contact surface. The landscaping border segment may assume a straight configuration in which the rigid unit pieces are held apart from one another by the elastic joining members, but may also assume a continuum of curved configurations. A landscaping border may be created by joining a plurality of landscaping border segments end to end in a series.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Inventors: Melvin A. Stoltzfus, Allen Z. Stoltzfus, Benjamin S. Graber
  • Publication number: 20160174466
    Abstract: A landscaping border segment includes about two dozen rigid unit pieces arranged in a series and held together with top end base elastic joining members. Male and female connection features are mounted at opposite ends of the landscaping border segment. A plurality of ground penetrating stakes extend away from a ground contact surface. The landscaping border segment may assume a straight configuration in which the rigid unit pieces are held apart from one another by the elastic joining members, but may also assume a continuum of curved configurations. A landscaping border may be created by joining a plurality of landscaping border segments end to end in a series.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2014
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventors: Melvin A. Stoltzfus, Allen Z. Stoltzfus, Benjamin S. Graber